Tag: heart rate

Wahoo has a range of heart rate monitors in the TICKR line, all using the standard chest strap. As optical heart rate devices have proliferated on smartwatches, we are also seeing the growth of stand-alone optical HRM units. How has Wahoo tried to differentiate themselves with the Wahoo TICKR fit?

The Garmin Fenix 5 is out! The successor to the phenomenally successful Garmin Fenix 3. Has Garmin taken all the lessons learnt since the Fenix 3 was released in 2015, and made the Fenix 5 a must buy? Or does the Fenix 5 have an Achilles heel that might keep it from greatness? Let’s see!

There is a LOT of training advice online, and a lot of “arm chair” coaches. I think I have a pretty good handle on my training but will freely agree I’m swimming in a sea of available data from gadgets today. The opportunity to be put to the test by Dr Garry Palmer at SportsTest came…

Withings is the company which basically pioneered the “smart scale” bringing the first Wifi connected scale to market as their debut product in 2009. However a lot has changed in the health monitoring market since 2009, and the smart scale market is certainly rather crowded now. Withings have just released a new flag ship scale,…

polarWhen I reviewed the original Garmin VivoSmart, the ONLY criticism of any great note was that it lacked. It lacked an optical HR, which at the time of it’s launch was *just* beginning to filter into the activity tracker market. As 2015 closes, Garmin have revisited with VivoSmart to add optical heart rate monitoring. But…

Marketed as a mid level running focused watch, the Polar M400 is capable of recording data from additional activities such as cycling, as well as the broadly termed “indoor activities”. In addition to the individual sporting activities, Polar has also included an activity tracker making this a very well spec’ed sports watch, yet priced in a way…

Wahoo makes several different heart rate monitors, the most expensive of which is the Wahoo TICKR X. The heart rate monitor for years has been a relatively simple device. So what special sauce has Wahoo spread on the TICKR X to justify it’s £79 price tag?

Garmin Forerunner 920XT review – lets be clear, the 920XT is not a simple sports watch. In order to do the watch justice, and to explain the myriad of features, I’m going split this review into several different posts – starting with the watches Running Features and Running Dynamics…